The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 31, 1909, Page 1

THE SEATTLE GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS, United Con nin-Chiet federate Veterans. HENRY M. NEVIUS, Commanderin-Chief Grand Army of the Republic. OHN L. RESPLENDENT IN seo IMPRES- SIONS OF OLD HERO. -_ WHEELER. him at last! John ithe man I've wanted to my Much about ed at ett b the word reached |» tuteing camp way ly me Kid days, those that T can them, when | ® Week because 1” had gone Ffe.the new world's | juat that time, and name is, TU might tell you it, but that's Tam sorry to T felt as if ny should go in had been dealt arrived in Se- and now I've seen With him about from New York feligion to graft Impression of fighter ie col- Meas of the man, fake it from me. interesting man. World from A to Z nigh t ‘Bappy man, with an Byes bright and Y straight nove. fe fust a wee bit too fy the ring. and one can't For ‘Revert, train down to fe very white, and} spots on it. That's! of how things went | of the ex-world’s|a case of wallop and score all|ofdered back to frat. Red Vest. | aertut hange In conditions here had [refreshed him This country et unusual ¢ especially on t When I was is going through a och just now, and Coast,” he said here 26 years ago. Tacoma was larger than Seatt and look at conditions now, The progress Seattle has made is won derful Oh! That Red Vest. “I don't ike to hear you call box | | me | | STARKELL I$ CLOUTED FIFTEEN HITS TURKS LAND ON BLACK CAT SLAG CHAUFFEUR IN MUR- DEROUS BOMBAROMENT. Reet eeeeeeeee SPORTING EXTRA Wateh for The Star sport fw ing extra every night. It's f creen. Tt will be on the i ® streets a few minutes after |» the ball game is over. It wik ® be plumb full of sporting | ® news right up to the minute ‘* aeereteeeee ee ‘Re eee eee ee eee Mike and his horde fell upon Starkell thie morning for 15 hits, which Included a series of home runs, two-mackers and one-corner bingoes, The Black ¢ slab chauffeur was murdered, and when the Inquest was over, the Turks had twisted the Kittioa’ tall for 11 kinks. Harry Rush was clouted for seven, which netted the viattor« three runs. From a sensational standpotnt George Capron had all four eptkes in the mud from start to finish He wot two home runs in succenat fand made a thrilling cateh of a wa lop by Strelh, which will put him out of the game for some time to come | He dove for the bail and sprung a | tendon. ¥ _ ARED VEST IS IN TOWN Ing prise fights, That's the ‘goody-goody’ people when they want to knock, I haven't much wu for those kind of people, for to me they are all orites tam « and I will be one, 1 © lived according to my ideas of life, and have no regrets Those timents certainly appeal to any but, Just the same, I do wish Mr. Sullivan would affect an other color of vest ™ hyp sport alwaye balls, off Rush 3, off umpire, Mr. Frary, Time 20 2; bane on Biarkell 2 of game, MORNING GAME CHATTER, Capron’s dive after that one of | Streib’s in the hifith gives an Indi. cation of how that youngster pla the game, Capron got two home runs, « double, @ sacrifice, and clout- fed a hard drive to Lejeune, He will be out of the game, probably, for some time Crocker finished the game in left. Atter O'Brien got | Campbell came in and caught from Moore played right. spiked today, from right field the seventh on + Lejeune was knocked out for a SEATTLE, WASHINGT MEMORIAL | SERVICES IMPOSING LINE MARCHES IN HONOR OF NA. TION’S DEAD. Crowds Cheer the White Haired Drummers to the Echo. The annual Memorial day parade tional guard armory | Was held this morning as previousty | cheduled, starting from the na at 10 o'clock and ending at the Grand theatre. The route led up Western ay, to Pike at, then on Pike to Second &¥. and on Second ay. to the Grand Ina in arly tn length veter lore from Fort Law ton, and Jackies from the ing in Elliott marche honor to their one-time servants of the nation Along the entire route the crowds were deep, and tears atood in the f more than one spectator, Young Men Lead. In front came the young, hearty, hopeful boys, the soldiers of today jand bringing up the rear, some } With tottering steps, some with the same semblance of hearty vigor that bore them through the forced jmarches of wartime, came the vet ne who formed the bulwarke of tion In the daya when men; al men, Were needed most Cheer upon cheer greeted them thr hout the entire progress, and when far down the line, White of hair and feeble of footstep, came two brighteyed drummer bors the to do fellow the there was no pretenve In the tears! that filled one's eyes. Memorial Service. At the Grand the memorial ad dress was made by Herman W Craven, He spoke feelingly of the services that the men before him had rendered to himeelf and to levery American, and gave all honor to those departed, to whom it was fitting that honors be pald tn all sincerity. Following the address, Lincoln's yebure specch was read | This afternoon flowers were |placed on the grave of every veteran |burfed in Seattle, and scattered upon the waters of the sound in honor of those who there have found the last reating place Entertained at Luncheon. The veterans and thelr wives and the members of the Woman's Relief corps were entertained at lunch by Alien Dale, owner of the Allen Dale pfeteria at Third and James st The order of the parade was as follows: Marshal Polson; aides to the marshal; platoon of police; Port Lawton band; Mayor Miller and | members of the council; Stevens | post, G. A. R; John F. Miller post, 1G. A. BR: James A. Baxton post, 1G. A. Ry Industrial Behoo! band Spanioh War Veterans; Bone of Vet erans, and disabled veterans in car | riages and automobiles. time when he tumbled on his nose, | after making a long running catch of Friek’s drive, Hennett, Lynch, Priek and Magee each got two hits apiece this morn- ling. Raymond and Capron landed jon Starkell for three each. Akin gota lonely bingo, which makes 15 all told Cupater in a playful spirit today stepped across the plate on @ ‘r rune and five hite in the| Pitched ball when O'Brien was about | and he weare|firet gives a pretty good indication |to line It to second to nip Magee | Mle ts & man of the prompt to it comes to the kindness in on when he word. That ts my brief talk fame te not what It he tt The game fome day ex ‘Heh standara, fe wame. 6 told me. They have “Promoters Mt it is bad now, but ome back to it» Graft Kille the Game, and graft have Graft! Why fal? of graft ‘tg Almighty dotiar SEAT used to, Bow, and it time 4 8m looking t. r Dieasu ie one & bit and wi y Sat wit ts scmmer fake ae much interest | The stage take brings hore after 1 left the Bot that te alt past orward with 0 meeting ry engngement it the ex; H have h omy At the Arena. Le te one of the oa ber John What @ draw champion tig at *Rporition, and F. Cort, wh IME card wie ox It was simply through the mill Yoaterday’s rain made the grounds @ bit heavy, and the playing rather slow, but it was a good game to watch for those who like lote of hitting and scampering. The score | REE Beattie 40301300°%—~11 15 Aberdeen ...102000000—8 7 Batteries — Rush and unter Starkell, O'Brien and Carmpbell H ru two-bare Raymond. Rush 3, & 2 ri Summary Campbell hit Capron Cap im arkell (D. ron; stolen atruck out, | He was sent to the bench and Magee That's bad dope, Custer, old scout. Shelve it Once again we are called upon to | refer to George Capron. George re- celved @ little fatherly advice trom | President Luca thie morning for hie oratorical outbursts of the past and especially last Thureday, when he insisted on carting undue reflec }tions upon the judicial ability of Umpire Frary. That last “Irish par- Hament™ of George's coat him $26 |Much, in effect, wae the text of r dent Lucas’ sermon to the left lgardener, as received this a, m —— { FORGIVING EACH, THEY BOTH ARE SLEEPING UNDE more shall the war cry sev And the winding rivers be re They banieh our anger fagever R LOVE'S GARLANDS or od; When they garland the graves of our dead.” I earnestly hope and desire that hould a confederate grave in any camping ground visited the G. AR be pansed by flowers be placed upon It e found by that his grave may #ot but that a fing and The war is over end peace reigns and the old flag Noats over all, and though he fell in the lost cause, living today he would be lowing the fing, Let ue forgive, were he found fol as the nation forgave his comrades who irvived him.”—-Henry M. Nevi f inderdin-Chief, G. A. Rh us UNVEILED /MISS HELEN TAFT IS PRINCIPAL AT EXERCISES. President Makes the Ad- dress on Field at Gettysburg. | A (Ry United Prose) May 4) of | GETTYSBURG, Pa Mises Helen Taft duviehter the invelled a monu preatde ment ed the hore by congress to memory of regular soldiers wha died in defonse the Union In the Civil war, President Taft, Secretary ri from every part of the United States The in and cost nearty $200,000. War Dickinson and army officers partiolpat monument magnificent ‘ met detachment of regular soldiers the Taft party at the station After firing a salute of 21 guna, the to attention until the pre tial ady to ¢ part for the soene of the ceremont After a special band play toa,” Chaplain Chouinard de the inv President Adress followed, The presi- alwed the herote deeds of the participants in the Civil war, and declared that it wae fitting that the national gov should the heroes who fell in the | At the conclusion of her address, Miss Taft unvelled the monument, while the band played The Star Spangled Banner Then Secretary Dickinson d the monument to the Gettys battlefield commission, which ented by Lieut.-Col, John n, The ceremonios wore when the oldest battery commander present placed jauret wreaths at the base of the monu ment and gtapa” was sounded, President Taft will retarn | Washington thia afternoon, party waar peation. ernment atrugele, father's wen burg ts rep P. Nichol to ON, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1909. BECAUSE OF “LL HEALTH CARL GARDNER IS FOUND DYING AT HOME. Carbolic Acid Is Again Resorted to by ide, Disappointed | health ended hie lite quan | Uty Of earbolic acid at his home Youtigetown jato last night Mre her were relatives because Carl Gardner by & laborer drinking a Gardner on visiting in yuth Beattie last night and they return ed home in time to find Gardner writhing in convulsions. Mre | ner and her stepson walked from | Youngstown to police |to rep and ate headquarters ), Snyder investigated | the suicide today and learned that |Garduer was despondent because of we¥eral Unsuccessful operations on hin nose, The body was taken in charge by Butterworth & Sone No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. ‘STUMBLES TO DEATH H. Mateuawa, a Japanese fire | an. employed at the Eagle Iaun | ary, 1961 Maln st., stumbled down a fight of stairs in the laundry whoruly after 2% o'clock this morn ing and was instantly killed, An] exam showed | broken, | Phe Japanese arose at 2 o'clock | this Morning and dooned a long cloak, It is presumed that while that the man's neck was! | going down stairs his foot caught °° in the jong folds, The body was taken In charge by Butterworth & | Bona | TAKES LIFE tion by Dr, C. W. Sharples | Japanese cruisers A at cy or aa jer tn ays the property of Japan, and the! ONE CENT THE FAIR THAT WOULD BE READY IS READY TODAY FACTS FOR FAIR VISITORS HOW TO REACH THE EXPOS! WHAT YO t Car gford Avenue and Pike Tenth ave By Stree Fare 5 Cente—Ha Wal Avenue ' cars, starting fre and Broad und f Hroudwa lines at By Steamer—Tent 10 cent parke t By Launch, at house on riod By Automob of mal teenth ave ard lead checking Ne—Kastlake tracks fteenth ave south of N. P. he south ga station Admission Is 60 Cents, which ts the turnstiles Children 1 Sundays the turn three at t platn)y chines at entrance p. m., 26 cents fore approaching main entrance, the ticket gates are bab carria, Baby Incubator Postoffice—in the main government bullding concession, 0: northwest ¢ Telegraph and Telephone Offices bullding Women's Rest Roome In all ata exhibit buildings, Women League building and Y Rowboat or Canoe on Lake Washington Aute mart Babies may » wo TION AND WHERE TO FIND U WANT 1 ndin harge for ¢ f boat, any pe the fair grounds just outside Kate Pit Interlaken bou aved t checking and anothe road trac station aut on nother ©, Where there auto automatic the ir Admiselor your coin dropped in ge making cents Get be 24 turnatiles at the ¢ left being for pa The sea ed, At the right are gates for left at the nursery in the the Pay srner of the There are day ew o day Streak ground floor of the South end of King County and main Women's ate and county building bi ne, American A Wheel Chairs, Bootblacks and similar con STORIES OF CRUELTIES INTERWOVEN IN HISTORY OF THE SOYA, FORMER RUS- SIAN CRUISER, NOW IN THIS POkT. BY BONNIE WHEEL Slim, and grim, and gray the two and Soya reet anchor today, and while they are ow at peace with the world, mem- { Other times when they have fled Into other harbors come back many are the stories of the happenings on board these paatly charge. These men-of-war were not al- if SPE EEE eH crveition told are of the days when * SPORTING EXTRA | Watch for The Star sport- ® ipg extra every night. It's # green, It will be on the * @reete a fow minutes after | w the ball gume is over, It will & be plumb fuli of sporting | @ mews right up to the minute * * * * * * * * * 2 ee ee ee em NO TEST OF FUEL FOR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. School Board Will Accept Product of Mines Blindly. On the ground that coal from) the Grand Ridge mines ts very in: | exe official) government fertor standard varieties, w the ninous pre cent t ordinary bit effort ta being made to block the awarding of a $30,000 coal contract to the Maple Hil! Coal company by | the school board This liver the Grand Ridge wehools and It the Tho claim is made, however an to de the wost bid company proposes coal to was | der that in view of the poor quality of the final acceptance of their bid w which they figured, | coal on be a poor Investment In connection with the proposed award of this coe! contract ft is noted that C. J, Smith, one of the late purchasers of the Grand Ridge mines, which is to furnish the coal, is vice president of the Washington Trust company, and that John Schram, chairman of the purchasing committee of the school board, which plans to award the contract, is treasurer of the Wash ington Trust company Will Open Mine. Dexter Shoudy fdaple Hill Coal company the { represents ly He |the contract to him will mean the opentng of the Grand Ridge mine, whieh was closed for sevoral yoars but was recently purchased by C J. Smith and A. &. Kerry. It te said the former owners abandoned lthe operation of the mine because of the unsalable quality of the coal It i known that men have been at werk in the mine for the past two | months getting ready to oporate Shows Big Profit, Despite the fact that Ridge con) was bid in athe low thy of *| many years a what, exemplifies that the Justice meted |of the yard arm, ow the That retribution had been piling up| fe To be sure, the man who suffered | story a PREVENT AWARD OF BIG COAL CONTRACT pe having demonstrated that It Is 60)of the city of | Quality of lignite can be purchased for $1.75) in th aA T Me er ed to make | Washington Trust company chairman m iv ey walled under tho flag of Ru: The Soya was then the Varyam ® and as such steamed into the port morning spened but Bydney one summe Then “ h in the minds many t to the Ru: Island Empire was jan government by deserved the Russians for many yoare. in this aatlor, anted This is one of the the Varyag idly leaning over th vessel, thie sallor chanc Into the water below The breeze intervened and the un!- |form of one of the officers who hap mly common jeath was unwar cane but wa. bis tales told of side of the to spit cruisers that are told by the officers | pehed to be below was spattered tn | consequence. This meant death to the unfortunate satlor. Permission was asked the British government to hang the sailor tn the harbor, When this permission was refused, the Varyag slipped out to sea three miles. There, where the law is unto the ehip itself, and there, with not @ thought of the linwe of God, the sailor, at the end paid the penalty of service under a flag that stood for neither right nor justice. Gray and silent, the Boya tells no tales, What truth there is in the she refuses to say. FAIR TONIGHT, TUESDAY FAIR AND WARMER. This te the way the forecast ia, Yes, Mr, G. N. Salsbury ts going to be generous and slip in some good weather for the open- ing day of the exposition, Th: Nadeau has Mr slipped Salsbury may be a reason. Perhaps Mr. a comp. Well, anyway, Mr Salsbury predicts good weather for tomorrow I well informed coal men assert that @ better r ton, the Centralia district $2.00 per ton, f. 0, b. cara C. J. Smith, vice president of © Washington Trust company, id Yes, Mr d the Kerry and I have old Grand Ridge a very good q and we hope mine out of the former company pur. mine allty of to make prop fail nite coal profitable ty that the pay Make No Tests. of the and purenasing com ittee of the schoo! board, sald No, we will not make exhaust e testa of the coal this year, as John Sehram, treasurer of the was done when the bide were sub m Ny at M dc tn at honor! quoted as saying the awarding of | old Grand Ridge ed t * * * * ’ * * i* \* Grand! * news right up to the minute. * itted last year e board meets ine 9, and the contract will be let that time Dexter Shondy aple Hill Coal company ording the sign or, sales agent for val, sald If | get the contract for furnish ig the coal for the schools of Se tle during the comir ar the mine be open If I don’t get the she closed. of the and, ac on his office Grand Ridge owner to contract ays RRR ERE HH * * * * SPORTING EXTRA Wateh for The ing extra every green It streeta ai fe the ball game ts be plumb full Star night be sport the after whi sporting will on v¥ minutes * over * of * * * It's w] *| PROMINENT MEN “IN SEATTLE TODAY More distinguished visitors than were ever gathered within Seattle's ; fates at one time are in the city to day, to attend the opening of the AYP, exposition tomorrow James J. Hill, who will make day addre arrived special train and is stay Perry hotel. James Dunsmuir, governor of British Co lumbla, with his wife and — two daughters, are at the New Washing Hoggatt, of from Juneau the | opening 8, terday by ing at the fe also Gov who arived ton Alaska Saturday Other are lor, of pre A ninent visitors In the tant Secretary Tay treasury department; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Bureh, Assistant Secretary of the Intertor Wil Hay of Wash ington, Idaho, Gov |Spry of Utah, B. McArthur |secretary of state, representing Renac Orego! Harry Gc Gilet R. Fort, son Fort, of New Joseph A Hughes mayor mn, Gov Hrady M Gov Gov of ny White representing of California; Leslie and secretary of Gov | Jersey; Representative Goulden, representing Gov of New York; J. Pittinger, fof Ketchikan, Alaska; T, C. Me Cormack, ma of Wrangel Alaska; Lowis mayor of Vic Jtorla, B, C.; George P. Rodgers mayor of Salem, Or. and David 8 Rose, mayor of Milwaukee, Wi ” Kan.—One injured a the wrecked man wa when. the Santa Fe near Pea NEWTON, killed and two Kl Paso oxpre ratlroad, was | ut price of the lot, which 18 5,15] wk ek kk aR A ke Kae k ew body, Kan, carly today L PLANS FOR THE OPENING NOW COMPLETE. President Taft Will Touch the Key at Noon AL Tomorrow. aska-Yukon Pacific expont At 8:30 opened to sident Taft ry which fair 1, 1907, witnessed the To that witness the completion of the task then under taken, and the first enjoyment of the reward of the undertaking. At the start Seattle ears ago, June or Seattle people for the exposition five expected to at . least times Fair is Ready. The falr is practically ready, By- ery building ts outwardly complete, The unde are green and bloom ing © plies of debris mar the perfect pleture. Seattle promi to be ready, and has fulfilled th promise, There are 64 buildings on the grounds, besides the dozens of shows on the Pay Streak, and the restaurants and concession struc tures about the grounds. In per h & half-dozen of these there are incomplete exhibits, small spaces yet unoceupled, where de lays in shipments or plans gone wrong have caused a failure to be ready on time. No amount of la- bor or forethought could have pre- vented this, With this exception, the fair le ready, even to the shor along the amusement street, which fre usually the last things complete, Much Money Spent. The exposition buildings and ex hibits represent a value of over $10,000,000. The exposition com- pany bas a bonded indebtedness of $250,000, Ite capital stock is $800,- 000. The cost of operating the ex- position will be $6,000 per day, or $800,000 for the season. To meet jall obligations the exposition must take in $2,000,000, or 4,000,000 paid |admissions of 60 cents each. Tomorrow, June 1, has been de clared a hollday by Mayor Miller, and business will be at a standstil! while thousands of Seattleites wil crowd the exposition grounds to witness the formal opening and view for the first time the complet ed fair. Every building will be open, The opening day attendance has been estimated as high as 75,000 people. At the Portland fair it was 32,000. Fifty thousand is consid. ered a reasonable guess of the paid | admissions tomorrow. | Military Parade. ‘The opening day ceremonies will commence with the military pe rade, at 9:30 in the morning. exercises in the Natural Amphithe atre will commence at 11 o'clock. At noon comes the psychological moment, when President Taft, at Washington, will press the golden key that officially starts the expo- sition. At that instant every flag on the exposition grounds will be unfurled, the great 120 by 39-foot edition of the Stare and Stripes, the largest American flag ever made, Muttering ~ (Continued on Pa iS RUN DOWN BY AUTO While attempting to pass around a Broadway and Pike st. car last | night a heavy automobile belonging to W. T. Sheldon ran down and | seriously Injured Mrs. R. A. White of 86568 Denny way and at the same time threw R, Heralcom directly In front of the street car, and but for the quick work on the part of Motorman F. M. Boyd, Heraleom would have been injured. Mr White and Mr. Heraleom were in company with a number‘ of others walting to board the car at 10th ay, and Newton st. when the heavy machine ran into the crowd, scattering the men and wo- men. The machine came from the rear of the car and was not seen until It was too late to get out of fis way The automobile first struck Heral- com and threw him against Mre, White, the force of the impact roll ing him directly before the street car. Motorman Boyd reversed his car und Heralcom’s life was saved by the closest margin, Mrs. White was thrown against the wheels The injured woman was taken to the home of her daughter, Mr Frank A, Noble of 2002 Nort Broadway, where she was found to have sustained a sprained ankle and nerous body bruises, She also badly cut about the head hat people were not Ine jured is almost a miracle, as there was quite a crowd waiting to board car at the time of the accident NOLULU, May 51 a rumor that th had extended { Hawall wa great sugat beyond the irculated toe was generally discredited, demands have been res from the Japanese laborers of vntations outside of the pre turbed district